tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post8838044364281118421..comments2024-03-22T12:57:57.273-05:00Comments on WOUNDED BIRD: POPE BENEDICT AND FRIENDJune Butlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-40927486491734682372010-08-29T20:21:08.019-05:002010-08-29T20:21:08.019-05:00...when did they ever think.
Gerry, too true.<i>...when did they ever think.</i><br /><br />Gerry, too true.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-23629528742245087022010-08-29T20:03:11.917-05:002010-08-29T20:03:11.917-05:00Mimi...
Th hierarchy isn't thinking and when...Mimi... <br /><br />Th hierarchy isn't thinking and when did they ever think.<br /><br />They toe the line from on high.gerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09992216957664459649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-57511203087390010492010-08-29T09:40:43.498-05:002010-08-29T09:40:43.498-05:00Lapin, the entire article is well worth reading. ...Lapin, the entire article is well worth reading. It sums up well the state of the RCC today. What is the hierarchy thinking?June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-74482177906913847602010-08-29T09:23:50.277-05:002010-08-29T09:23:50.277-05:00Good piece in the London Review.Good piece in the London Review.Lapinbizarrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07686990585795363001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-56873626276972863202010-08-28T20:49:36.259-05:002010-08-28T20:49:36.259-05:00Hi Prior Aelred! Thanks for weighing in with Dom ...Hi Prior Aelred! Thanks for weighing in with Dom Gregory's wisdom.<br /><br /><i>Which is not to say that there are not a lot of gays in the Roman clergy (which is not the same as pedophiles -- I know everyone here already knows this).</i><br /><br />Thanks for the reminder. ;-)June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-20154152705688025282010-08-28T20:45:22.484-05:002010-08-28T20:45:22.484-05:00These priests and their frocks.
I wouldn't mi...These priests and their frocks.<br /><br />I wouldn't mind having a personal cobbler. Is it having a personal cobbler that makes Benedict feel it's okay to talk a load of old cobblers?Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14082263093224795131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-67716656939065523562010-08-28T20:36:02.140-05:002010-08-28T20:36:02.140-05:00According to Dom Gregory Dix, the alb was the norm...According to Dom Gregory Dix, the alb was the normal attire for both men & women in Roman Late Antiquity & the Chasuble the poncho like cloak that both wore outdoors -- he references a mosaic (I have seen the engraved reproduction) of Pope Gregory the Great with his parents -- all are dressed the same in alb & chasuble (although his mother is wearing a sort of turban or Phrygian cap which Dom Gregory speculates might have been the precursor of the miter).<br />Which is not to say that there are not a lot of gays in the Roman clergy (which is not the same as pedophiles -- I know everyone here already knows this).Prior Aelrednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-1973302422426455282010-08-28T18:58:15.038-05:002010-08-28T18:58:15.038-05:00JCF, I get the reference.
The subject of Lapin...JCF, I get the reference.<br /><br />The subject of Lapin's email was "Walking granny". I didn't say it. Lapin did. I've read that the red shoes are not Prada but are rather fashioned by the pope's personal cobbler.<br /><br />Ann, I go along with Daly about the clothing, which is based on Roman temple garments, or so I've heard, but I don't understand how baptism as spiritual birth diminishes women actually giving birth.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-31050274745836068882010-08-28T18:32:50.531-05:002010-08-28T18:32:50.531-05:00Mary Daly in Beyond God the Father believes the we...Mary Daly in Beyond God the Father believes the wearing of women's clothes by male clergy - tells women you will never be a good as we are - as baptism is now the real birth - real birth by women is stripped of power by the churchAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287169546184325690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-51680206795275176872010-08-28T18:16:00.584-05:002010-08-28T18:16:00.584-05:00Ah, w/ Beautiful Georg (Gay-org! ;-p)
I think I&#...Ah, w/ Beautiful Georg (Gay-org! ;-p)<br /><br />I think I'm going to start calling B16 "Pope Ken Mehlman" (I'm sure y'all get the reference).<br /><br />But I think Ratzi will/would die, before he comes out.JCFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-40520359350479560362010-08-28T17:32:20.379-05:002010-08-28T17:32:20.379-05:00Incredible, but true. Read the second update.Incredible, but true. Read the second update.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.com